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From: hart@apanix.apana.org.au (Leigh Hart)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Ethernet setup problem
Date: 19 Mar 94 02:36:46 GMT
Organization: Apanix Public Access Unix, +61 8 373 5485 (5 lines)
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Keywords: ethernet
wood@cis.ohio-state.edu (joel braden wood) writes:
>I've just installed NetBSD on my computer and now I'm trying to
>get my ethernet card to work...
>It's a SMC 8013WC of the "Elite" series.
>I have it set at:
>Base I/O - 280
> IRQ - 2
>Ram Addr - D0000
> ROM - DISABLED
>I think this is what the install_notes recommend, but I'm getting a timeout
>when I enter the ifconfig command:
># ifconfig ed0 my_address
># ed0: device timeout
>I haven't installed the source yet. I was hoping to be able to accomplish
>that by ftp, but perhaps that is the problem.
I have found two reasons for that message (the more common ones anyway)
are a non-terminated ethernet cable, or the IRQ is misconfigured in
the kernel/card.
Hope this helps :)
Cheers
Leigh
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